Rapidly progressive respiratory failure with multiple halo signs on computed tomography in a patient with primary cardiac angiosarcoma derived from the right atrium: a case report.
Masaoki SaitoTakeshi SarayaMiku OdaToshinori MinamishimaKen KongojiAya IsomuraMasachika FujiwaraKyoko SoejimaHaruyuki IshiiPublished in: BMC pulmonary medicine (2020)
This case clearly demonstrated that primary cardiac angiosarcoma could expand in the right atrial cavity, which led to a decreased cardiac output resulting in repeated syncope, together with the fragility of lung tissue by tumor invasion, thereby generating a halo sign on thoracic CT.
Keyphrases
- computed tomography
- respiratory failure
- left ventricular
- positron emission tomography
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
- multiple sclerosis
- dual energy
- mechanical ventilation
- magnetic resonance imaging
- image quality
- pulmonary embolism
- contrast enhanced
- atrial fibrillation
- heart failure
- left atrial
- vena cava
- spinal cord injury
- acute respiratory distress syndrome
- cell migration
- magnetic resonance
- pulmonary hypertension
- coronary artery
- left atrial appendage